Mothers + women on social media react to Kamala Harris’s historic election

On Saturday, Joe Biden became the President-elect of the United States, beating Donald Trump in a hotly contested race that lasted several days.

With Biden’s win, Kamala Harris became the first woman, the first Black person, and the first person of South Asian descent to be elected vice president.

For millions around the country, her election is about more than politics. It’s about finally seeing someone who looks like them in the White House.

In the wake of her election, women are sharing what Harris’s historic win means to them.

Mindy Kaling, whose parents are Indian immigrants, tweeted that she was crying and holding her daughter. “Look baby, she looks like us,” she wrote.

Crying and holding my daughter, “look baby, she looks like us.” https://t.co/Gy4MAPoNjy

— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling)
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Reese Witherspoon shared an image of Joe Biden hugging a laughing Harris and wrote, “Today is a monumental day. No matter what side you are on, let’s take a moment to recognize how far women have come in this country. Thinking about all those who shattered glass ceilings and paved the way for a woman to * finally * be Vice President of the United States makes me so emotional. Sojourner Truth. Harriet Tubman. Shirley Chisholm. Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Kamala Harris. I salute them all. And to the young girls of our nation… DREAM BIG. Anything is possible.”

Ciara shared an adorable video of herself with her three-year-old daughter, Sienna. “How amazing is it that the first woman Vice President is in the White House? And she’s also a woman of color,” Ciara says to Sienna. “It’s so powerful. We can do anything we put our minds to, right?”

Sienna cheers, “We can do anything we put our minds to!”

“Go girls, go everybody!,” the enthusiastic toddler added, before cheering, “And, and the COVID’s over!” Ciara quickly clarified, “No, no COVID’s not quite over, sunshine. But! I believe that Joe Biden, President Biden is going to be the right president to get us on the right track.”

Sophia Bush shared a photo of a young Harris on Instagram and wrote, “The First. Madame Vice President. 244 years into our American experiment, you’ve made history. Today, little girls everywhere see it and know they can be it. I am honored to be alive in this moment, to bear witness.